Re: BGP and aggregation

From: PS

Date: Mon May 13 06:59:30 2002

On Mon, 13 May 2002, E.B. Dreger wrote:
> As long as this is getting messy... I'm tempted to suggest
> confederations. Or spending a few extra bucks on a second ASN,
> although that doesn't scale.
Multiple ASNs wouldn't solve anything in this case. What was wanted was
under normal circumstances both A and B only announce a /20, and when the
link between A and B breaks announce more specifics. Multiple ASN =
inconsistent AS.. no no.
- Paul